Which to use
“onda” is a noun and “ora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,059
- “onda” frequency rank
- #2,489
- “ora” frequency rank
- 4548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | onda | ora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elevação e depressão da camada superficial de uma massa líquida; vaga | agora |
Letter map: onda vs ora
Shared letters muted; letters that set onda and ora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - onda and ora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: onda is anoun and oraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
onda is recorded at frequency rank #2,059, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈõ.dɐ/. ora is at rank #2,489, tagged as anadv.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 4548, this pair ranks #70,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of onda vs ora
Shared letters: ao. Private to "onda": dn. Private to "ora": r.
"onda" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "ora" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- onda ← noda · odna · onad · ondda · onnda
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "onda" and "ora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "onda" or "ora" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "onda" and "ora". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "onda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "onda" and "ora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ora". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #70,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.